EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 and the Schedule amend the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29) (“the Act”) to amend and update references in that Act to provisions of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (as defined in section 37 of the Act). Regulation 3 makes similar amendments to instruments amended by the Act.
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukeu-and-eaec-trade-and-cooperation-agreement-ts-no82021. Persons unable to access the online version of that Agreement can contact EU Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.